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Austin, Texas, United States

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

• Collaborating cross-functionally between engineering, design and marketing teamsto develop visually compelling solutions.• Developed new methods to elevate overall quality and efficiencies within production.• Look Dev & Concepting for revitalizing current product lines and emerging products.• Leading on-board training sessions for contractors.• Creating high volumes of imagery for major product launches.

Austin, Texas Area

• Worked closely with both the animation and still production teams.• Evaluation, converting, prep cleanup, fixing provided CAD data for production.• Look Dev & Conceptual render work to generate style-frames for animation storyboards.• Generated high quality render assets for use in animation, product imagery and photo composites.• Improved methods for lighting, rendering, multi-pass compositing efficiencies for production pipeline.• Managed render farm job priorities based on volume and deliverable timelines.

Houston, Texas Area

• Prepped clean and efficient 3D files for team production uses.• Generated the needed models, VRAY shaders & textures and rigging of production assets.• Created camera / product animations, lighting setups, render layers and multi-pass composites for use in animations and stylized / photoreal imagery.• Look Dev & Conceptual render work to create style-frames based on information gathered in team and client meetings.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Managed the fulfillment of various client orders.• Operated high volume Injection Molding & Screen / Offset printing machinery.• Quality control checking the resulted digital media based on the provided master copies.• Mixed ink pigments based on PMS color formulas assuring a match to the customer provided proofs.• Conducted routine cleaning of Injection Molding & Print machinery.

Houston, Texas Area

• Conducted teardown meetings with document writers to discuss the renders needed.• Evaluated all the provided CAD files and various reference materials.• Completed any needed modeling, shading, texturing, lighting, rendering setup and compositing tasks.• Generated Photoshop composites utilizing rendered assets for various Technical / Photoreal illustrations.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Conducted diagnosis on faulty systems for repair.• Completed various hardware and software repairs.• Created estimates and recommendations for customers based on budgetary and usage needs.

Orlando, Florida Area

• Attended Dailies with director and production Staff to discuss shot breakdowns and schedules.• Generated diagrams and written Explanations of daily shots for use in VFX post work.• Documented onset measurements, placed and recorded markers for tracking, took reference photos and collected camera information.

On February 8th, 2008, I had the honor of graduating as Salutatorian. While attending Full Sail, I experienced and gained valuable knowledge about every aspect of the CG production pipeline. I had personal hands on experience, in every aspect, from beginning idea, to concept, to creation, to refinement and finally to completion.

Bachelors, Computer Animation

Graduated as Salutatorian

Associates, Multi Media

Graduated as Valedictorian